Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-16
Story OF the Crime for which Seven An.
archists are 10 be HANGED.


Story OF the Crime for which Seven An.
archists are 10 be Hanged.
AS stated in THE STAR OF Wednesday, the su-
preme Court of Illinois that morning delivered an
opinion In the case Of the eight Chicago anarchists
affirming the decision Of the court below. Seven
OF them-August Spies, A. r. Parsons, Samuel
Fielden, Michael Schwab, Geo. Engel, Adolph
Fischer and Louis Ltngg-were sentenced to be
hanged on November IL, 1887, between the hours
OF 10 a. m. and pm, and the other, oscar Neebe
to serve fifteen years in the penitenriary. The
story OF the crime for which they were sentenced
is thus graphically told In Chicago dispatch to
the New York Sun:
ELIMINATION OF TWO YEARS AGITATION.
The 4th OF May, 1886, was the date OF the Hay
market bomb tragedy. After two years Of secret
meetings and violent appeals to the laboring men
to unite in hanging the capitalists and confiscat-
ing their property, the approach OF May /, 1886,
found the worktngmen OF Chicago In highly ex-
cltable state. The Inauguration OF the eight-hour
was fixed as the day On Which The business Of the
country was to be paralyzed by rapid succession
OF strikes In chicago however, the workmen
marked by strikes in all branches OF trade. The
most serious OF these was at the Mccormick reaper
works, which strike was made for day OF eight
hours, and It set all the others going. BY the 1st
OF May, when the rest OF the Knights OF Labor
pledged to do so Joined the movement, some $4,000
to go to work on the following Monday. The
freight-handiers on all the principal roads, the
furniture and other wood workers, the 5000 lum-
bricklayers, stOnemasOns. tail0rs OF both sexes,
and vast army OF miscellaneous working men
and and women were out IN droves, taking Of the
the future In all the frenzy OF the first flush OF en-
thustasm. Then came the decisive move Of the
Att O'Clock on the afternoon OF May 9 600 strfk-
Ing workmen OF the Blue Island avenue manufac-
turing district We're massed together near the
They were there to talk over the Mccormick
strike. The crowd comprised lumber showers,
moulders planing:mill men, and box makers.
Nearly all were foreigners, and most OF them wore
q red ribbon on their coats. Presently August
Spies appeared and, leaping on an empty freight
car, proceeded to narangue the crowd: His
lessly tncendiary than any he had yet delivered.
His remarks were directed exclusively at Nc
mighty roar Of ION to McCOrmicks!" arose from
LOCO husky Threats, and Blue Island ave-
nue. was choked with hurrying men and boys.
The roar grew mightler In volume AS the mob
surged into the large vacant lot in front OF the
Mccormick works. A solitary policeman was on
shower Of boaders. and in few minutes s there
was not whole pane OF glass left in the three
stories OF the great factory: At this instant pa
policemen formed in line at the gates. The crowd
surged forward, and was met by a double vOlley
from the policemen. This was answered by storm
Of missiles and as men on both sides were falling
right and left two more wagon loads OF policemen
came tearing up at galop. Others followed
ensued, which lasted about 1--WE minutes. and
then the rioters fled in all directions, leaving
half dozen or their number on the field. The rest
OF the wounded got away. Only two policemen,
Kelly and Kaiser, were seriously hurt. Eleven
rioters were arrested
THE CALL no ARMS.
August Spies, having watched the procession
start for NcCOrmick'S coolly boarded a street car
and rode to his Office. The next morning violent
editorial article appeared in the Ar6ener Zet,tn0
calling upon the workingmen to avenge their
brethren who had been Shot down at the instiga-
ton OF the "capitahstic beasts" This was fol-
lowed at O'Clock In the afternoon by the issue of
the famous 'Revenge" circular, which, it was de-
yeloPed, was written by Spies In his soflce imme-
out their bloodhounds the police They killed of
killed the wretches because they had the
to disebey the supreme win Of their bosses they killed
the hours Of toll they killed them to show you, free
ents t yUn oSas and Hon
YOU OF You Viii get Killed You have for years 81 s
DEATH You have endured the psnes Of want and hum.
ger; children you have sacrificed to the factory
slaves years Why; 70 Satisfy the
to M the Golfers Of lazy bshsxns
his bloodhounds out to shoot you-kil you. you
se boe e % G
might Hercules and destroy the hdeous monster that
seeks to destroy you 10 arms! We call You to arms
The revenge circular was followed an hour later
by handful printed in flaming type, and extern
Stvely posted. 1t read:
night at o'clock 81 the Haymarket, Randolph street
be denounce the latest atrocious acts Of the
police-the shooting of our felowworkmen Yesterday
afternoon The EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
THE HAYMARKRT TRAGEDY.
With the QnnrOac n NJ dark naoq IN tho ovapfnp NJ
May 4 the atmosphere seemed pregnant with the
promise OF evil The occurrences OF the past forty
eight hours had caused feeling of insecurity, an
uneasiness that increased with every moment.
Rumors OF all sorts were in circulation early, and
acts OF violence were to take place before the
dawn OF another day would receive their 1nspira-
ton at the Haymarket meeting: The current
forebOdings OF impending danger to life and prop
erty were sufficiently shared by the municipal
authorities to result in the issuance OF orders by
detail OF police at the Desplaines street Station.
short distance from the Haymarket. At O'Clock
a large crowd had collected on the Haymarket in
wagons and trucks August Spies was the first
speaker After long, rambling talk on the labor
problem he said: 4
bayonets patrol wagons, and clubss What means the
calling out of the mtiag l. it an enterainment for
In Chicago suffering starvation to-day because hus-
bands and fathers not men enough to stand
Loud cheers followed this speech, and cries Of
''The lake!" and 'sThe roper" were heard from
hOarse Threats. A. r Parsons was the next
speaker. He went into labor statistics largely,
and defined the difference between trades union
lists and socialists. He closed by an appeal to
arms by all men who loved their wives and child
rem. Sam Fielden was the next and last speaker.
He harangued the mob In loud, blatant, reckless
way, and asked what was the crowd before him.
He said:
come here to address you q socialists rebels to
the law. Legislation win never help you-never
When the rich understands that it Is healthy
t. live among lot Of disappointed workmen we shall
Fielder continued In this strain until 1920 D.
m, when one hundred and nifty policemen left
the station near by and marched north on Des-
PLANES street. Flelden stopped when the first
line was ordered to halt opposite the wagon from
which he spoke. A thousand men had meanwhile
gathered The police marched toward the crowd
In platoons, headed by Inspector Bonfleld and
the street from side TO side. The police marched
into the crowd, sweeping It to the pavements and
pressing it before them. When the front column
reached the speakers wagon, Inspector Banded
ordered "Halt?' Capt. Ward cried: "In the name
OF the State of Illinois, command this crowd to
disperse."
FEARFUL WORK OF THE BOMB.
As the word LEFT his lips, q spluttering spark OF
IRE arched through the air from the opening OF
the alley and over the speakers wagon It was the
burning fuse OF dynamite bomb It was well
aimed in its deadly mission. 1t fell directly In the
middle OF the street, and between the first two
double columns Of police. The instant that It
struck the ground It exploded with terrible
It did its work well. Twenty-ntne mangled men
fell grooming 70 the ground The bomb broke the
Inn no